retro-analysisn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtrəʊəˈnalᵻsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtroʊəˈnæləsəs/

Inflections: Plural retro-analyses.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retro- prefix, analysis n.

Etymology: < retro- prefix + analysis n. In sense 2 after retrograde analysis (see quot. 1933 at sense 2).

1. The action or fact of analysing data retrospectively.

ΚΠ

1920 Proc. 6th Ann. Meeting Internat. Assoc. Industr. Accident Boards & Comm. 238 If you study the teachings on cancer by the old teachers,..you will..say,..‘How could they conceive that?’ Just in the way I have related—by retroanalysis... They have watched the development of these tumors in regard to time and consequences.

1980 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 13/7 Retro-analysis is..the root of much scientific thinking. It is as useful to the astronomer pondering the creating of the universe by observing space as it appears now as it is to the detective who solves a murder by deducing the series of events that led to the crime.

1998 T. H. Macdonald Rethinking Health Promotion 111 Retro-analysis seems to suggest that one procedural misunderstanding in the use of a normally reliable fail-safe mechanism lay at the root of the whole uproar.

2. Chess. Analysis of a position in order to enable reconstruction of the moves of the game which led to that position; an instance of this. Cf. retractor n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > analysis

retro-analysis1935

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > analysis

retro-analysis1935

1933 H. Phillips Week-end Probl. Bk. 182 Profound and puzzling retrograde analysis is needed to prove the legality of the key-move.]

1935 T. R. Dawson Caissa's Wild Roses 16/2 Retro analysis may be used for deducing moves to be retracted.

1979 Sci. Amer. Dec. 20/2 Most chess problems deal with the future, such as how can White move and mate in three. Smullyan's problems belong to a field known as retrograde analysis (retro analysis for short), in which it is necessary to reconstruct the past.

1991 Independent (Nexis) 12 Dec. 32 Today's problem, an original by J R White, is White to play and mate in two, and you might just find the idea of retro-analysis helpful.

Derivatives

ˌretroanaˈlytical adj.

ΚΠ

1966 New Statesman 10 June 858/3 It contains a good many highly complicated ‘retro-analytical’ problems.

1980 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 13/7 The chess-board here is being used only as a tool for an exercise in retro-analytical deduction.

2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May Umro Niels Hoeg (1876-1951) was a Danish chess composer, one of the main developers of retro-analytical chess problems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retro-analysis
释义	retro-analysisn. Brit. /ˌrɛtrəʊəˈnalᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌrɛtroʊəˈnæləsəs/ Inflections: Plural retro-analyses. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retro- prefix, analysis n. Etymology: < retro- prefix + analysis n. In sense 2 after retrograde analysis (see quot. 1933 at sense 2). 1. The action or fact of analysing data retrospectively. ΚΠ 1920 Proc. 6th Ann. Meeting Internat. Assoc. Industr. Accident Boards & Comm. 238 If you study the teachings on cancer by the old teachers,..you will..say,..‘How could they conceive that?’ Just in the way I have related—by retroanalysis... They have watched the development of these tumors in regard to time and consequences. 1980 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 13/7 Retro-analysis is..the root of much scientific thinking. It is as useful to the astronomer pondering the creating of the universe by observing space as it appears now as it is to the detective who solves a murder by deducing the series of events that led to the crime. 1998 T. H. Macdonald Rethinking Health Promotion 111 Retro-analysis seems to suggest that one procedural misunderstanding in the use of a normally reliable fail-safe mechanism lay at the root of the whole uproar. 2. Chess. Analysis of a position in order to enable reconstruction of the moves of the game which led to that position; an instance of this. Cf. retractor n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > analysis retro-analysis1935 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > analysis retro-analysis1935 1933 H. Phillips Week-end Probl. Bk. 182 Profound and puzzling retrograde analysis is needed to prove the legality of the key-move.] 1935 T. R. Dawson Caissa's Wild Roses 16/2 Retro analysis may be used for deducing moves to be retracted. 1979 Sci. Amer. Dec. 20/2 Most chess problems deal with the future, such as how can White move and mate in three. Smullyan's problems belong to a field known as retrograde analysis (retro analysis for short), in which it is necessary to reconstruct the past. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 12 Dec. 32 Today's problem, an original by J R White, is White to play and mate in two, and you might just find the idea of retro-analysis helpful. Derivatives ˌretroanaˈlytical adj. ΚΠ 1966 New Statesman 10 June 858/3 It contains a good many highly complicated ‘retro-analytical’ problems. 1980 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 13/7 The chess-board here is being used only as a tool for an exercise in retro-analytical deduction. 2009 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May Umro Niels Hoeg (1876-1951) was a Danish chess composer, one of the main developers of retro-analytical chess problems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920
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